Diwali 2018 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Lakshmi Puja muhurat 18:22–20:22, Wed 7 Nov
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Diwali 2018 in Pāthardi?
Wednesday 7 November
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 7 Nov in PāthardiDiwali Lakshmi Puja muhurat: what time?
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:53–20:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:22 to 20:22.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Diwali 2018 page:
Why is Diwali on Wed 7 Nov in Pāthardi?
Diwali · Lakshmi Puja is on Wed 7 Nov: Amavasya holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Lakshmi Puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:53–20:25. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:22 to 20:22.
Pradosha is Chaturdashi; Amavasya begins at 22:27. Amavasya: 22:27 to 21:32 Wed.
Amavasya holds all of pradosha, 17:53–20:25. Amavasya: 22:27 Tue to 21:32.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Lakshmi Puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Amavasya runs from 22:27 on Tue 6 Nov to 21:32 on Wed 7 Nov, so only Wednesday’s pradosha (17:53–20:25) falls within it. Every reading takes that day.
The rule
Kartika Amavasya (purnimanta) · Ashwina Amavasya (amanta)
Lakshmi Puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset.
- Smarta
- the evening whose pradosha Amavasya holds; when it touches both, the one it holds more of; when neither, the earlier (Nirnayasindhu).
- Dharmasindhu
- the evening whose pradosha Amavasya holds; when it touches both, the later; when neither, the earlier (Dharmasindhu).
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.